Nothin but da P-Funk
Exploring the vast archives of free form radiostation WFMU broadcasting on the FM band from the US East Coast and live on the Interweb, I came across two three hour long programs on the “History of P-Funk“.
P-Funk has its roots in late 1950s doo-wop, but over the 1960s and 1970s morphed into funk, funk rock, and psychedelic rock. The leading figure in P-Funk through the years has been George Clinton, and a long list of bands are categorized under the label P-Funk: Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns, to name a few. From the late 1980s and until today, P-Funk has had major influence on modern music from hip hop to rock and mainstream pop music. It was through the sampling of funk music by bands like Digital Underground and De La Soul that I got aware of the P-Funk and started using all my pocket money on old 1970s P-Funk records. In 1996 George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars played live in Copenhagen–What a show!! I think the concert was 6 or 7 hours long.
Hosted by the friendly host, The Good Doctor, the first show covers the period 1959 to 1974 and the second 1974 onwards. There’s not a whole lot of talking in the programs, just lots of nice P-Funk.
6 Comments »
TrackBack URILeave a comment
FROM GOOGLE READER
FROM del.icio.us
Software: WordPress 2.9
with Hiperminimalist Theme modified by makemaps.net.
Very nice indeed. I see a nice day of music at work tomorrow, thanks for that (:
Oh, and I remember that concert very well. As a matter of fact, I was perusing the web yesterday for descriptions of that concert, because it was so far out, they played for ages! Was it really in 1996? I was almost certain it was in 1997.
You might be right about the year; I’ll have to get the old ticket stub collection out and clarify it :) There’s not a lot to be found on the web about that concert.
Oh, small update on this issue, George Clinton is playing Roskilde this year! (:
http://roskilde-festival.dk/object.php?obj=50a02774&code=45
Dear Friend,
Thank you for writing your kind words about my “History Of P-Funk” show on WFMU-FM. I did an extended version of the show in the late 90’s on WFMU-FM which is in my archives.
Also check out my 2008 Birthday show with George Clinton.
Peace
The Good Doctor
what great pic! Bootsy lookn great w his coat! we remember the glow action and the face expression when given the light up stars on his coat.thx andy hilfiger.sponserd by hinekin beer symbol is the star2! great partyn w the pham, George whats up w no dreads?lookn great @ the beach last month. and barely any grey!
we want the funk,dat dat dat da da.
rip n lovin memories2 our fav lead guitairst Gary *Star Child* *2010*